Long-term growth rates of cirio (Fouquieria columnaris), a giant succulent of the Sonoran Desert in Baja California

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 593-611

  Escoto Rodríguez, Martín ^a   Bullock, Stephen H ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA   (Mexico)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

^c SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age estimation; Autocorrelation; Growth analysis; Site index; Size dependence

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; AUTOCORRELATION; GROWTH RATE; SITE EFFECT; SIZE; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

MEXICO; SONORAN DESERT;

FOUQUIERIA; FOUQUIERIA COLUMNARIS;

EID: 0036528695     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jare.2001.0921     Document Type: Article

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